questions

[viral lintel]

im mainly interested in everything summoner, too, but people said summoner wasn't in the game yet the last time, and wont be in for alpha 1, or at least not initially. i hope they're wrong.

[gentle briar]

poison/cripple/debuffs ETC and WEP effects from daggers n what not

[crystal beacon]

@viral lintel All 8 archetypes are supposed to be in for A1 official start in the fall.

[ivory latch]

🤤

[crystal beacon]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Release_schedule

[ivory latch]

i like having an army of skelies clearing everything in sight

[gentle briar]

did they say if it was gnna have the 25 set as well or just the primaries?

[viral lintel]

diablo 2 necro was the most fun i ever had as a summoner, in any game

[tardy oracle]

whats the most fun necro type of class youve played?

[crystal beacon]

@gentle briar The full classes aren't until Alpha 2

[gentle briar]

mmk

[crystal beacon]

Lets try to keep the casual discussion out of the questions channel as much as possible ^^

[viral lintel]

steven said in his ama that summoners can spec into better heals/buffs for the pet, or for more direct interaction, i wonder how that will feel in game. can't wait for content creators to try it out and show it.

[digital yacht]

we dont know

[stiff vapor]

the cap was 250, wasnt it? bc that is what the server could handle

but steven say it could a bit possible (will be tested) 500 vs 500

[plucky yacht]

looking at the classes wiki page

there are a lot of classes

how are you guys going to balance all of that?

[digital yacht]

balanced for groups of 8

not 1v1s

[rapid roost]

what is the size of parties? 5?

or 8

[digital yacht]

8

[crystal beacon]

8

[digital yacht]

16

and 40

[fringe breach]

8

[rapid roost]

ty

[thin pendant]

So guys

what class

[crystal beacon]

@plucky yacht ALso, it's only 8 classes worth of skills with a buttload of augmentations based on secondary archetype choices, so not quite as much as you'd fear to balance

[thin pendant]

are u exited about?

[balmy talon]

@plucky yacht there are really 8 primary classes, and you can select an additional class to augment abilities and have further customization options.

[thin pendant]

But they have a name

[grim breach]

@thin pendant #aoc-discussion They're talking about that now

[plucky yacht]

I see

[grim breach]

This channel is for questions only.

[plucky yacht]

thanks

[thin pendant]

oo sry

[fringe breach]

Any news on the legendary abilities that only one person on a server can have at a time?

[digital yacht]

no

[hollow abyss]

Are elemental stats and builds going to be in the game?

[limpid gull]

I believe so

[hollow abyss]

Would be dope to have like Frostmage builds and such

[limpid gull]

Steven did mention about specing out one's character with gear that could have more favorable elemental stat towards, say, Fire if you wanted to

[digital yacht]

there is

[real dock]

I'm super excited to follow this game as ambitious as it is; but my main concern at this point is actually the system i'm most excited about; Nodes.

With Streamer influence these streamers are going to dictate where nodes will live and when nodes will die with sheer numbers. They would also (with their following) occupy at least 25% of a server capacity depending on the streamer. Are streamers going to be relegated to servers designated for them to use, (and possibly be first to be merged if the streamer leaves with his following)?

[digital yacht]

@real dock they can play where they want

[crystal beacon]

@real dock With the bad rap they get, I fully accept anti-streamer alliances on any servers they maintain too big of a presence in

[low python]

Hey guys, I've been very exited for AoC / AC? I've been showing Lazy Peon's vid to friends, and one of them saw a couple issues and I was wondering what you thought or what could be done to fix those issues.

Getting raided on big holidays like christmas.
Assaults on raid nights, so Raiders are forced not to raid.
Losing all gear to PvP hardcore players, since they won't care about being corrupted, since they will farm so easily

Thanks

[brisk hawk]

I'd immediatly be in an anti-streamer alliance, I cannot stand that streamers think just because they make videos that they're entitled to being majors or owning castles and all that @real dock

lol

imagine pewdiepie playing this game oof

[real dock]

@brisk hawk I definitely feel you there. However it's a double edged sword. Streamers are big lightning rod for growth of a game. Just look at the size of the community since the impromptu internviews.

[crystal beacon]

@low python Raids on holidays, possible if the siegers time it right. Perhaps with enough feedback they'd close siege options for that day. Assaults on raid nights, if your enemy guild/node knows your raid night, that's just how the cookie crumbles. It'll be siege night. You don't drop gear unless you're corrupted, and they will definitely care, as they will drop gear if they die.

[brisk hawk]

yeah haha
nevertheless we can't let them rule the game

[digital yacht]

just dont play their server

if ur that worried

[desert ivy]

I do agree that maybe they should make it so you can't schedule a node siege on big holidays like Christmas

But yeah, assaults on raid nights are fair game

[azure remnant]

Will there be Asian/korean servers for AoC ?

[crystal beacon]

There will be SEA server

[azure remnant]

sea?

[crystal beacon]

@undone prairie Yes but that is time-of-day wise, not day-of-the-year wise

[brisk hawk]

@digital yacht Oh haha not worried. I would just actively work against them. In fact actually think they would bring a ton of tension to the servers they play in haha^^

[digital yacht]

they would have to time the siege days in advance so they would just defend instead of raiding

[crystal beacon]

@azure remnant south-east-asia

[desert ivy]

@undone prairie He was talking more about actual time of day like 7pm or 9pm

[azure remnant]

oh -.- so no kr huh ?

[crystal beacon]

not currently planned

[azure remnant]

sadness and sorrow.

[desert ivy]

Get enough people interested in Korea and maybe they'll add a server

[primal vortex]

during the end stage of the game where all nodes are developed and we have the maximum number of metropolises will there be a system to reset a node for those new players who joined in late and want to experience building up a new node?

[hexed valley]

Will there be Character slot limits or will Materials stack? I ask for worry that you could just mule materials onto other characters to circumvent the risk of losing them.

[digital yacht]

@primal vortex yea join an attack and win

[crystal beacon]

@primal vortex Siege

[azure remnant]

True, I mean kr/ china will need more than 1 server if they are planning on having the game there Lmao.

[digital yacht]

@hexed valley there is more then 3 char slots and inv is limited

so muling would possibly be at hing

[hexed valley]

thanks for the response

[desert ivy]

I feel like Intrepid may not want a Chinese server as they'd probably have to bow to Tencent or something and add P2W shit which they don't want

[real dock]

@digital yacht Who said that it's THEIR server? sharpens pitchfork

[digital yacht]

it is

@desert ivy nah they would just make them sign a contract like they did with my.com

[crystal beacon]

@runic stump Tencent would never sign that contract lol

[desert ivy]

Yeah but I feel like China wouldn't budge with that

So that's why I'm saying I don't see China getting a server

[crystal beacon]

They also have crazy censorship rules like no skeletons

[desert ivy]

Cause Intrepid wouldn't budge either

[azure remnant]

Bruh as somebody that has played on Kr servers

[primal vortex]

yeah but sieges are different. they only reduce it by one level, its not the same experience as building a node from level one

[digital yacht]

@crystal beacon then intrepid would mvoe to the next company, if they cant find one theyll do it themselves

[azure remnant]

Koreans HATE playing with chinese

[desert ivy]

I don't think it's that simple in China tbh

Tencent owns fucking everything

[crystal beacon]

@digital yacht It's not that easy to self publish in china by any stretch

Tencent is basically an arm of the government there at this point

[digital yacht]

its not easy to do so in EU but they were planning on doing it if My.com didnt

[azure remnant]

Honestly i just want a kr server or japan server

[digital yacht]

@azure remnant is SEA bot close to either

not*

[crystal beacon]

@digital yacht different kind of not easy, EU is just expensive. China has strict content rules.

[azure remnant]

Here is the problem, SEA is kind of wellll sketchy

the security of SEA is soooooooooo bad

[native warren]

Is choosing your race purely cosmetic? Or does it give any boost or change in game at all.

[unkempt depot]

So, could a dedicated team of bad men go around the entire world and put every node back into the stone age so no one can do end game content?

[digital yacht]

@native warren some stat allocation differences

[azure remnant]

@native warren nah races have diff stats

[digital yacht]

@unkempt depot yes

[azure remnant]

Laughing coffin

laughs in anime

[crystal beacon]

@native warren Races have stats and race-specific augments, but I've been told they're not very important by some very insistent alpha 0 players. Not sure how much I believe them.

[unkempt depot]

We already have our legendary items but now NO one will have them anymore.

[azure remnant]

Tbh i wanna make a guild and just declare war on all guilds

[crystal beacon]

@unkempt depot That would take an absolutely insane amount of resources.

[ionic grove]

any chance at player made addons / ui / interface changes like in world of warcraft

[crystal beacon]

@ionic grove hard no, they plan on having a customizable UI at base

[onyx knoll]

no addons

[ionic grove]

i hope its really customizable then....

[viral lintel]

not soft no? or medium no? or maybe fluffy no?

[unkempt depot]

So there are NO autoattacks at all correct? Is there mana or some resource or is it just a cooldown without a resource attached?

[viral lintel]

how about puffy no?

[thorn bison]

AoC is connected to my.com?

[digital yacht]

for EU servers

[crystal beacon]

@viral lintel very hard this-is-a-hotly-debated-topic-for-no-reason-because-Steven-has-put-his-foot-down no lol

[real dock]

@ionic grove From what i understand they're hiring for an opening to design UI, so it's not going to be how it looks in the videos seen so far.

[iron garden]

@azure remnant souceon koreans hating playing with chinese?

[viral lintel]

😄

[digital yacht]

@real dock they just hired some1

[azure remnant]

@digital yacht the reason i like KR servers is it asks for your social security number when you sign up.

[digital yacht]

ye

[azure remnant]

souceon?

[iron garden]

Source on

[crystal beacon]

(source on)

[azure remnant]

@iron garden

oh, experience.

lol.

[digital yacht]

@azure remnant u must be KR, get me Elyon account 🙂

[azure remnant]

Im not korean but I went there for like 3 months

[crystal beacon]

@unkempt depot No auto attacks correct, and there are resources, yes

[azure remnant]

but im going to uni there.

[digital yacht]

ahh ok

[grim breach]

@ionic grove From what i understand they're hiring for an opening to design UI, so it's not going to be how it looks in the videos seen so far.
@real dock Yup, they already hired someone from Blizzard with 16 years of experience making UI for WoW and Diablo 3. Maybe they're hiring more but that person have already shown some interesting designs in last year's livestream.

[azure remnant]

and holy moly if people in Kr see english or chinese on LoL

Disco nunu.

same with kr players in china

they just say they made a downpayment on your moms coffin and int you....

[viral lintel]

they must be pleasant folks to play with

[azure remnant]

Very.

[viral lintel]

then i hope they have their kr server and fuck off everywhere else

because we have our own assholes

[timber prairie]

Is it that bad? Hahahaha

[azure remnant]

Thats why I love KR server cos you need social security to play there

Towards europeans and NA people its not bad but chinese vs korea

or chinese vs japan

[timber prairie]

I mean I wish I could play on KR

Would be such an insane experience

[azure remnant]

When japan server open top 100 were all chinese

[viral lintel]

chinese will be blocked by their firewall again

[azure remnant]

I played Archeage in Kr with a 800+ guild

30-40 people going into a pc cafe after a night drinking to do a raid ?

[timber prairie]

I've been very out of the loop on mmorpgs last few years sadly, sounds fun tho

[azure remnant]

^

[timber prairie]

I remember liking BDO but idk. Most ones just burn out on me

Very similar to mobile games at some point they just bore me. Hope AoC will be different

[azure remnant]

I tried playing wow, i legit cant find a class i like.

[timber prairie]

Never even touched it haha

I feel like that one guy who didnt watch avengers Endgame when it comes to WoW

[scenic pebble]

I have some questiooonnnnnnnsssss, wonder if there will be answers 😮

[azure remnant]

go ahead

shoot.

[timber prairie]

Dont miss

[limpid gull]

Can you respec skills?

[digital yacht]

yes but its noteasy

[scenic pebble]

Aight, so from what I've gathered about caravans pvp is that the caravan its self is a "pvp zone" which makes me think the the corruption system has no factor. If there is no corruption factor on the people attacking then what is the risk for the attackers? Is there none? If theres none then would that mean that everyone and their cousins nephew will be attacking me all the way from A to B trying to gain but not losing anything if they fail? I'm the only one that loses if I fail?

[digital yacht]

could be teid to quests and or be costyl

[crystal beacon]

I thought changing augmentations was relatively easy?

Changing the augmentations on your skills will require you to go to a NPC in a Village node or higher

@scenic pebble I mean, you (meaning attackers as well) still have a death penalty even when flagged as a combatant, but pretty much, yes, caravans are supposed to be risky.

[scenic pebble]

I feel like it should be equally as risky for your attackers though you know what I mean? If I get ganked in say EVE, then there is a risk factor for both sides and it feels good. If my gankers didn't lose their stuff no one would ever move anything ever because thats all people would do is wait and ambush. Same in Albony. Now I know this game isnt full loot but it does have a L2 style drop system with karma. Idk I worry that if the attackers dont flag as corrupt where there will actually be risk for ganking then ganking caravans will be a lot of people past time lol and people will get tired of trying to use that system, thoughts?

[quasi latch]

Will the ren'kai outfits and building is locked behind the race specific or can i play elf and have buildings of their style and outfit of their style?

[tender wren]

hmm, one thing is making me worry, how are they gonna keep people from just bringing say, 48 people to a 40 player raid?

then just trivializing the content

[austere wraith]

will there be a pvp set/ pve sets that are better for just one side of the game?

[onyx knoll]

Raids are instanced content that only allow a fixed amount of people inside?

[tender wren]

no 80% of them are open world

[onyx knoll]

Those are world bosses

Or i might be thinking of something else?

[quasi latch]

they said there will be open world dungeons and raids

[crystal beacon]

@onyx knoll There are open world raids.

[tender wren]

nope, 80% or raid and dungeon content are in the world

[onyx knoll]

Ah sorry then

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren 8 of those people wouldn't be getting any rewards, but it's certainly possible

[real dock]

@scenic pebble Makes sense; Caravan looter's probably wouldnt carry anything outside of gear used just to minimize any losses that they have. Would be cool if they dropped 'an ear' like in Diablo or some sort of trophy that translates to monetary gain, and making them unable to raid further caravans for a cooldown period of time.

[crystal beacon]

@scenic pebble That's just part of the risk/reward system in place. You can pay people to help you protect your caravan, and like I said, attackers are still risking some of their held gatherables and their experience.

[brisk granite]

Do you know how many spells&abilites each character gets? Is it like 50 ish or is it just like 10?

[quasi latch]

Will the ren'kai outfits and building is locked behind the race specific or can i play elf and have buildings of their style and outfit of their style?

if any one knows ?

[tender wren]

yeah, sure but a guild could easily orginise it so that they would distribute the loot afterwards, since almoat nothing is soulbound

[crystal beacon]

@brisk granite "up to 30ish" is last we've heard

[brisk granite]

YES

[austere wraith]

for example in classic wow pve sets benefit dungeons/raids and pvp sets were good against player vs player aspect of the game? will ashes have that?

[crystal beacon]

@quasi latch Buildings are generally based on the appearance of the node as a whole. For freeholds, you can get individual skins of any type for your buildings.

@austere wraith There will not be separate stats for PvE and PvP

[austere wraith]

ok cool ty

[quasi latch]

so my house and gear can use the ren'kai orc as Human or elf for example?

design i mean

[crystal beacon]

@quasi latch Your freehold can, if you acquire that cosmetic option. No info on how that will be done currently. Same with gear. Your house will depend on the node it is in.

[scenic pebble]

Right on. We'll have to see hopefully it works well. Would be a super fun thing to actually do. Both raiding caravans and defending them.

[crystal beacon]

There's an entire progression system around protecting caravans (as well as assaulting them) so there's plenty of benefits for the defenders as well

[real dock]

@scenic pebble agreed; And it really opens up to more than just raiding and defending, but having someone scout ahead to locate possible raiders and turn it into a chess game

[scenic pebble]

I'll have to look into that

[crystal beacon]

Not too much info on it yet, but it has been repeatedly promised

[hasty osprey]

Only being able to master one profession does that include gathering professions too? So like if you master Herbing then you cant master a profession that uses herbs?

[scenic pebble]

@real dock Actually that was sorta my second question/statement. So I'm imagine the Falconer class will have a falcon pet, it would be cool and if anyone knows please lmk. But it would be cool if you Falconer buddy sat on that wagon and used some beast eye ability to take control of his falcon to fly above ahead and behind scouting for the caravan

[digital yacht]

@hasty osprey u can master 1 of the 3 Gathering Processing or Crafting

[crystal beacon]

@hasty osprey You can either master all gathering, all processing, or all crafting professions. Correct, if you master herbing, you can't master alchemy.

@scenic pebble We don't have specific info on secondary archetypes (or the summoner class) yet

@scenic pebble But the way augmentations work, I don't see Falconer getting a constant beast companion like that, as strange as that sounds. it's a possibility though.

[real dock]

@crystal beacon Falconers only facilitate the gathering of small game hunting for meat in the cooking artisanship /s

[mental grotto]

Will all summoner classes have a dps, heal, and tank summon

[digital yacht]

we dont know

0 info is known about summoners

[vapid bough]

Can a single person be a mayor of multiple nodes?

[mental grotto]

Ah ok ty

[digital yacht]

@vapid bough no

[vapid bough]

Phew. that's a relief lol

[digital yacht]

but a MAyor can also be a king of a castle

[crystal beacon]

monarch

lol

[vapid bough]

monarch
@crystal beacon exactly lol

[digital yacht]

King/Queen

[primal vortex]

how many character slots an account can have? i was told 5 or 8

[digital yacht]

more than 3

is all we know

[wild matrix]

Does anyone know if we make a guild in alpha, will it transfer to beta->live game? or do we have to remake it and same for characters

[digital yacht]

remake it

all servers are being wiped

[wild matrix]

thanks

[ivory latch]

best to join a guild on discord, and when the game launches you all make the char and starting location together

[main grotto]

Characters are locked to 1 server? Or can you switch

[ivory latch]

i wonder if a necromancer is the party leader and starts the group summoning in siege, will it summon a big skeleton ? 😄

[digital yacht]

no switching

[rugged dock]

Pretty sure they summon a war golem

It’s on the wiki

[digital yacht]

thats 1 possible summon

[ivory latch]

war golem is a summoner standard pet, but what about a necromancer wouldnt it change into something else

since in the last stream, was said that going with necromancer would change what you can summon

like skelies and other undead

[crystal beacon]

Simply put, we don't know.

[digital yacht]

we dont know but its pissible

possible

[ivory latch]

big ass skely would be nice 🤩

or zombie

thats why the questions here, for them to see

[coral sonnet]

I just wanna know what a Brood Warden is gonna summon? like tanky summons? or like a big summon that summons smaller summons

[wise olive]

Any word as to whether instances or open world dungeons will have a cool down timer or can you run it as many times as you’d like to acquire loot?

[digital yacht]

no word on that all to be tested

[coral sonnet]

I bought my way into Alpha 2 so very excited rn

[lime island]

Is the July monthly cosmetic on the store right now going to be removed exactly on last day of July?

[crystal beacon]

Aug 5th

[real dock]

@coral sonnet Brood Warden sounds like many many small things being summoned, like a Murky in HotS

[lime island]

Was the August 5th reply to my question?

[coral sonnet]

@coral sonnet Brood Warden sounds like many many small things being summoned, like a Murky in HotS
@real dock well like the Tank is the secondary class

[digital yacht]

@lime island yes

[lime island]

Thank you

[jolly nebula]

Wait is there a date for Alpha 2 yet

[digital yacht]

no

[coral sonnet]

Wait is there a date for Alpha 2 yet
@jolly nebula "Fall 2020"

[digital yacht]

@coral sonnet thats for alpha 1

[quick bobcat]

I'm really curious to see the differences in sub classes and augments get showcased...I'm set on playing support but can't decide what to main

[digital yacht]

@quick bobcat u will have to wait till Alpha 2 unfortunately

[quick bobcat]

I'll try to hold on until then!

[digital yacht]

@jolly nebula his info is Wrong we have no date for Alpha 2, Alpha 1 starts Fall 2020

[jolly nebula]

oh feels bad

was excited to drop WoW and D2

[digital yacht]

ye... 😦

[coral sonnet]

dang

[iron garden]

can we see all the abilities and augments yet?

[digital yacht]

nope

[iron garden]

can we see any abilities or augments yet?

[digital yacht]

a2 for secondary archetype augments

@iron garden barely any

[fast osprey]

did they say when the next AMA was?

[digital yacht]

@fast osprey ther eis a stream at end of month

[fast osprey]

ty

[iron garden]

i want to play an archer that does a lot of dps

[digital yacht]

@iron garden u will see class abilities in Alpha 1

which is in a few months

[iron garden]

cool

[digital yacht]

@fast osprey Tune in next Friday, July 31 at 11AM PDT as we share the latest look at our development updates on Twitch

not an AMA but its a dev update

and they will answer some questions at the end (they usually do)

[sacred rune]

In the AMA there was a little summoner/necromancer talk and from what Steven said it sounded like summoner was more like a WoW warlock (1 pet). Is that how it will be or will it be 1 main pet and then other timed stuff on top? I assume it will be fewer rather than more for server stability

[digital yacht]

@sacred rune last we heard of summoners before the AMA was it could be 1 stronger pet, or up to 3 weaker pets.

[sacred rune]

Thank you =)

[digital yacht]

its all subject to change

so dont expect anything to be the same

cuz u never know

[sacred rune]

Yeah I understand just was wondering direction

[primal vortex]

are skills from a skill tree?

[digital yacht]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Skills

[primal vortex]

ok thanks

[keen notch]

will classes have passive skills like races? For example a tank gets more health

[digital yacht]

@keen notch at this time not enough is known to be 100% sure

there is passive abilities but idk about races

[keen notch]

fair enough

[digital yacht]

but races do u get different stat allocation

[strange finch]

thats a good question, I always play tanks whenever I can, what will tanks solo capability be, and what if I pick a tank/summoner as my primary and secondary class, what a wacky combo, how would that work

[digital yacht]

we cant tell u anything about that as it hasnt been revealed

[strange finch]

alrighty

[real dock]

In game communications; Is that looking to be pretty standard? To have trade channels, whispers, local channels and the like?

[sweet glade]

question HOW IS PVP PVE goanna correspond like how many player can be in battle and how much can the sever stable how long before you think they crash? how many pople can be in guild how much is the highest tick do for mage and rouge

[rapid roost]

any info on a global chat channel?

[crystal flax]

No global chat

[quaint oxide]

Will keys be given out, or will we have to pre-order the game to have access to alpha/beta. If they will be given out, how so? Will it be like valorant with drops enabled on certain streams, or will a certain number of keys be given to the streamers, with it being up to the streamers on how they want to give out the keys?

[digital yacht]

beta keys may be given out by streamers or intrepid as give away

[quaint oxide]

what about alpha?

[minor elm]

Whats a good MMORPG thats f2p to play in the meantime?

[sweet glade]

what about reasled date will it be this year or next year

[static oriole]

Even next year is ambitious

[quaint oxide]

^

if next year probably summer

[digital yacht]

atleast 2022

[strange finch]

hopefully AoC comes after Shadowlands, I wanna play that for sure, so Ashes has at least two years xD

[static oriole]

This game has so many things I can’t imagine there not being a dozen issues with everything in the full beta

A smooth transition to Alpha to beta to release seems impossible when the game design seems to be the result of a dozen nerds listing everything they’d like in an MMO and then Steven saying “yeah ok, let’s do all that”

[glad zephyr]

no investors to answer to means they can take their time, is how I look at it

[digital yacht]

@static oriole thats why the game wont go into Beta until all those issues are fixed

[strange finch]

How much money has Steven put in/is ready to put in? Since MMOs cost like 200 million dollars to make these days :O

[subtle wagon]

they cost nowhere near that lol

[digital yacht]

@strange finch he fully funded the base game with his own money

[subtle wagon]

only star citizen

[static oriole]

You’re thinking of The Avengers

[glad zephyr]

tfw this will come out before SC 🤣

[strange finch]

Star Citizen is like billion dollars in with no end in sight xD

[glad zephyr]

AoC has clearly defined gameplay goals, too

[deft lion]

is there any prediction on when the game will come out?

[digital yacht]

Brad McQuaid on a Vangurd podcast said Blizzard spent $75 million developing WoW. EQ2 $25 million.

@deft lion after 2022 at the least but its all speculation

[strange finch]

oh okay thats way less than I thought, still more money than any of us could even imagine

[tender wren]

is there anything to prevent poeple from spawn killing bosses with 80 poeple in an open world raid?

[digital yacht]

@tender wren no unless they have random spawn locations

[static oriole]

I have a lot of concerns with open world dungeons and raids

[digital yacht]

we wont know unti ltesting is done

[tender wren]

wouldn't that make the entire dynamic difficulty system worthless

[static oriole]

Maybe that will only be in instanced content

[tender wren]

but idk, on the wiki it says instanced stuff will be mainly for story and solo content

[static oriole]

I feel like whenever they talk about open world bosses they talk about them in the singular, like not a whole raid

[tender wren]

we dont know if that means difficult, or if it will drop good gear, or anything

[static oriole]

I guess I’ve basically played wow for 16 years I can’t imagine how open world dungeon content would work well

[real dock]

From everything i've listened to i was under the impression that another raiding party could roll up on yours and disrupt your ongoing dungeon progression

[tender wren]

i dont mind having pvp in the open world raids, i just dont want it to be a mass zerg of people waiting on the spawn point for raid bosses

[static oriole]

I’m picturing world of Warcraft launching with 10,000 people on the server and wailing caverns is open world

[quaint oxide]

or worse, deadmines

[tender wren]

i would just make it so, only the group that tags the boss can do damage to it

[quaint oxide]

did you hear the system they had?

its like tagging hit boosts damage output

or something

[tender wren]

or worse, molten core

[quaint oxide]

its weird

[glad zephyr]

territory control will be very imporatnt

[static oriole]

And with open word dungeons why can’t you just grind to the boss and wait there for the boss to respawn over and over

[sharp kindle]

Its a 60/40 system

[quaint oxide]

Czar thats a good point

i wonder how they'll address that

[real dock]

@static oriole Make it have an "Indiana Jones escape the temple" to keep the loot.

[quaint oxide]

lol

the whole thing starts collapsing once the bos sdies

that'd be cool

[tender wren]

i have a feeling, if theres no system like that in place, endgame raids will hav the bosses be trivial dieing in a few seconds, with a cluster of people zerging each other trying to get the most damage on the boss in the few seconds before it dies

[sharp kindle]

It is a good point, they'll have to force you out somehow

[static oriole]

Sorry for all the wow references but it’s my only@reference, I think it could make sense to just instance the dungeons but the instance is pretty deep like deadmines or maurodon. Then you still can kind of run into people grinding there but you can’t really greif others

[strange raft]

Is there plans for the Intrepid team releasing a "wowmodelviewer" type program for importing in game models for content creation?

[tender wren]

then the dynamic difficulty wont matter, because the highest difficulty will always be there, because there because the boss will die instantly

[stoic charm]

Sword art online boss doors idea is BiS

[quaint oxide]

i think they should make it something like you would instance later on, closer to the boss (i.e when you jump down waterfall in maraudon)

after purple and orange crystsal zones

[tender wren]

idk, im suure this will be thought upon when in or alpha the raids just become spawn farms

[glad zephyr]

was gonna say, we'll know the solution after people do it on alpha/beta

[sharp kindle]

I highly doubt they'd let you just farm bosses over and over again. There has to be something in place to prevent that

[quaint oxide]

upon killing boss it tps you out maybe?

[static oriole]

I don’t feel@like these are genius level concerns, they must have a way already to deal with this

[tender wren]

i wouldn't mind it just be something like, only the group that tags it can damage the boss, then you have to fend off the other people

[sharp kindle]

Exactly.. theres no way you plan for open world dungeons to be that big in your game, and not think about people camping spawns

[static oriole]

And I may just have a narrow view of what a dungeon is because of instances in wow

[sharp kindle]

I don't want people standing by bosses waiting for it to spawn though if it's adungeon.. maybe a world boss

[glad zephyr]

also, I think a lot of dungeons will end up falling under guild-controlled nodes who won't be eager to let you near that territory at all

[tender wren]

then you just have to figure out a way of keeping groups of say, 80 or more from forever keeping the boss from dieing

[static oriole]

Maybe it’s legit an enormous zone with randomly spawned bosses

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren It's called dynamic spawn timers on bosses. A raid boss might not respawn for 24 hours, give or take 4 hours

[real dock]

@glad zephyr I think you're right, as Dungeons levels progress alongside the Node progress.

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren SO you'd have to have 2 entire raids there twiddling their thumbs for (potentially) 8 hours

[severe coyote]

Aion had open world dungeons and they didn't have a system in place and it was usually farmed by the same groups logged out there or with a spiritmaster for summons. They just had large spawn times on key bosses.

[static oriole]

That would upset me

[tender wren]

that would just mean you would have people just standing there for hours with 80 poeple waiting for it to spawn

[sharp kindle]

Yeah I suppose if people could only raid it maybe once or twice a day then it wouldn't be as big of an issue

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren YOu really think people who do that, and accomplish literally nothing else in the game, just for one boss? That's ridiculous.

[tender wren]

and there would be no progression, because each boss would be farmed inivisually

[plucky yacht]

how open world dungeons are going to work?

won't that make people fight over the dungeon?

what if a group tried to reset the boss to troll the other group? ( bosses can reset in this game right?)

[sharp kindle]

It'd be hard to get 80 people to stay in one place for 8 hrs but your right im sure people would still do it lol

[tender wren]

yes, if they got all the other gear in the game

[glad zephyr]

pvp happened

[tender wren]

you underestimate how hardcore some poeple are

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren If 80 people were fully BiS besides the drops of one boss?

@tender wren YOu realize how absurd of a situation that is, right?

[glad zephyr]

Given that earlier bosses within a dungeon affect the loot table of later bosses, I imagine camping the last boss would be hamstringing yourself

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren Trust me, I don't underestimate anything. I've been part of poopsock everquest guilds where raid bosses had 2 week spawntimers.

[tender wren]

im talking about the hardest raids in general

[severe coyote]

it wont be that bad unless you can summon your group to you while at boss.

or log out there

[tender wren]

you get all pre raid bis, then what, you just have to wait in line for the raids

[static oriole]

@glad zephyr and if it’s not instanced how does the last boss even know if you are the one who killed the previous boss

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren YOu are never going to have EIGHTY people twiddling their thumbs doing nothing for days at a time. They could get better gear by farming gold and buying crafting mats for it, since crafted gear equals raid gear in this game.

[tender wren]

sure, many poeple leave their games AFK

[ruby swift]

@tender wren I can give you an example from the tests we have already run. When we all got pulled to the dragon to die over and over and over to tail swipes, breath, etc, everyone just died then ran back in and died again. Eventually the dragon got down to half, spawned all the adds and wiped everyone a final time. People then went back to leveling and doing their own thing. An hour later everyone is boo hooing because they have built up enough exp debt from deaths that it will take them a month of grinding to recover. Most everyone deleted and re-rolled at that point because it was a test and we know the progress isn't being saved. In the live game, people are not going to repeatedly Leerrrooooyyy into boss fights that are one shots, they just fuck their character up beyond redemption. Risk v Reward.

[tender wren]

until something happens, then they tab back over

[severe coyote]

you realise you need to kill the bosses for the crafting mats for said crafted gear tho?

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren You're obviously not going to be convinced lol

@severe coyote If we're to assume there's literally one raid boss that drops gear of that tier, yes. I also realize 80 people working together would likely be able to make enough money to buy the drops of the raid boss in the same time they'd be twiddling their thumbs waiting for it.

[wet plume]

my concern at the moment with ashes is i can already smell the big-groups-locking-people-out-of-content crowd. Or anything. If it's just you and a group of IRL friends or just gaming friends wanting to have fun, an a BIG group of notoriously hardcore gamers see you doing a thing... is there like any way to mitigate giant deathsquads just rolling people who just want to have fun, or is it "well youre playing an mmo, idk what you expected"?

[tender wren]

@ruby swift but raids will be planned with only 40 people in mind, so its tuned, with 40 people, if say, 60 come, its completely trivial then

[stable plover]

^ depending on the mechanics

[ruby swift]

I am not going to go into theorycraft in the questions channel. There are ways for them to get around that issue.

[unkempt depot]

Is there a map of the city that is in high res where I can zoom in and see monsters?

[crystal beacon]

@wet plume Now this is a legitimate concern, and I don't imagine the corruption system will do much to combat this. It's mostly just a matter of finding more friends if you want to tackle dangerous content.

[tender wren]

sure, but no matter what, its still easier

[unkempt depot]

map of the world

[crystal beacon]

@unkempt depot That information is never going to be provided by Intrepid.

[tender wren]

just make it so the only group that can damage the boss is the one that tags it

[glad zephyr]

@wet plume Make friends, know where the hardcore players are, do what you can to avoid them. Server choice for me personally will be heavily based on the projected presence of pre-organized guilds

[tender wren]

at least in the open world raids

[spring cove]

Hi, unsure if this question is asked, is it a worldwide release with servers all over the globe or limited server regions?

[severe coyote]

If 80 people can camp a world boss and hold all its resources and get a monopoly on it then I can guarantee you that 80 people will do it quite happily.

[wet plume]

I see it a lot in games like Ark Survival or The Isle or... well, any game really where people can jump on a server and just go ham. It makes me nervous lmao.

[crystal beacon]

@tender wren That goes against the spirit of open world dungeons. If another opponent raid group came, they wouldn't be able to contest.

[tender wren]

yeah

sure they would

you can still attack the poeple attacking the boss

just not the boss itself

[severe coyote]

And if they can do it then good for them, another group should fight them for it.

[glad zephyr]

Progression will be much more locked out than that Char. 45 days at 4-6 hours a day to hit max level. I don't imagine you'll see many people playing just to fuck with other people.

Won't be like Ark where you can bum rush higher tech stuff in a matter of hours and destroy bases

[real dock]

@glad zephyr Have you met people? I've met people. They will 😆

[strange finch]

so what, if me and my hardcore siege/node wars guild want to dominate, why shouldn't we be able to? you can either get stomped or move out of our way, we must have the ability to shape the world around us, shouldn't we?

[crystal beacon]

@strange finch YOu're really not doing much to help the "not everyone is toxic" argument, pal

[tender wren]

my problem is just, your gonna have people who bring more then 40 people if you can do it, if your going to have difficult content, you cant allow that

[glad zephyr]

@real dock They will, but they'll be organized, rather than Ark-style griefers

[past vortex]

Will any class have group speed song/buff? Bard probably ?

[glad zephyr]

Probably Bard yeah

[crystal beacon]

@past vortex likely bard if anyone.

[strange finch]

what? how am I toxic?

[spring cove]

Hi, is AOC planning for a worldwide release with servers all over the globe or limited server regions?

[sharp kindle]

Can Bards play music in Taverns? 🙂

[crystal beacon]

@strange finch Uh... If you aren't aware, I'm not gonna be able to explain to you how what you said sounds toxic to some people.

@sharp kindle There is a songwriting feature planned, so I imagine so

[true ridge]

Competition =/= Toxicity

[wet plume]

People will be jackasses for the sake of being jackasses - but I suppose we'll see how it pans out when it gets to that point and whether they want to do anything about it.

They will, but they'll be organized, rather than Ark-style griefers
@glad zephyr my main concern is the biiiiig groups of Chinese players or genuinely hardcore and the like that genuinely no-life and can/will just kos you regardless of the situation just because you happened to have the misfortune of crossing their path. Hopefully the bounty system will balance that out and theres counter guilds to kick the asses of people who want to play like that.

[strange finch]

wasn't meant to be, but I used to be a part of a guild that fielded like 30 players and we stood our ground against monsters like Enigma in BDO EU, a guild that controlled the castle of the biggest city in the game

[ruby swift]

@spring cove Simultaneous release in all supported regions at launch.

Take it to DMs. This is for questions, no epeen polishing.

[strange finch]

and since this is an MMO I think people like us, who can organize and cooperate should be able to control resources, bosses, etc, since thats a reward for a social, organized play in an MMO, which just makes sense to me

[glad zephyr]

@wet plume Big agree on that front--I witnessed how Atlas servers went down with Chinese clans. That's what I mean by keeping a close eye on organized guild presence on whatever server I roll on, that I very much intend to avoid them. I'll take a day or two hit to level progression if it means avoiding a guild situation that has the potential to blow up like that. But here's hoping, yeah

[potent thunder]

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[spring cove]

@ruby swift Steven mentioned in the AMA that there will be region based pricing but that account will then be region locked? Is there an option to play cross region servers then?

[ruby swift]

Yes, if you play on a regular Intrepid account and don't take the regional option.

If you get discounted sub, you are locked. You pay regular you are not.

[spring cove]

I see, great system. Thanks!

[ruby swift]

They have yet to announce any region that they are "harmonizing" though, that will be future areas. South America is one example.

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Regions

[spring cove]

At the AMA, Steven mentioned that players can reserve server, will there be an instance of a guild (say his ex guild with 14000 members) reserving into a server, and with server size of 15-20k, be the majority population of the server? If so is there any intention to prevent that and how to prevent that

[strange finch]

if east europe is one of those regions, I am paying higher sub to play on the western servers, but hearing Steven talk about the different regions that sounds like i should be able to, right? Pay the "western price" and play with westerners, if it indeed is split like that, do i understand correctly?

[crystal beacon]

@strange finch Correct

[strange finch]

thats just perfect

my whole guild from BDO would pay the western price just so we can be russian-free xD

no offense

[ruby swift]

His guild had 14k members on their mailing list. Active was less. While there will be some larger guilds that join, that is up to Intrepid how they will handle that in the future. More info to come. As it stands right now there are only two "regions" Intrepid NA/OCE/SEA and My.Games EU. Neither offer discounted subs at this time.

[fair smelt]

Did they ever mention how boss loot is supposed to work for like an 8 man

[ruby swift]

Yes

[fair yew]

If I remember right server size is actually 50k with expected 10k concurrent

[digital yacht]

8-10k

[dark jungle]

@fair smelt tagging and DPS system

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Looting#Loot_tagging

[ruby swift]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Loot_tables

also

[crystal beacon]

@fair smelt The top of that page is the group loot rules

[ruby swift]

A groups leader will decide which of the various loot mechanics to apply. If you disagree, leave group.

[fair smelt]

Thanks!

[strange finch]

anyone else feels like Steven had a tiny little jab at WoW with the master looter comment in his last stream? xD

[spring cove]

I see that the systems of the game are designed to be encourage social gaming, is there any emphasis to systems to allow for solo players to not be penalised, ie lone wolf wanderer or solo mercenary system

[strange finch]

yes, Steven mentioned how travel will take time, how you can only summon up to 8 players (including you) as a family but everyone else has to travel

[crystal beacon]

@spring cove No planned bonuses specifically for playing solo, no molo either.

[strange finch]

so you will likely be able to not get harrasxed by large groups if you play smart, leave when they finally arrive, hide, etc

travel time is king in this regard

[spring cove]

Wanted my 1st character to be an explorer, to map the entire continent, but that seems to be locking myself out of many other aspects of the game

[strange finch]

from hearing the interviews and stuff it feels like the opposite

like you would get rewarded for going off the beaten path and exploring, especially since you asked about solo play, you would be much less likely to get ambushed by a large organized group if you went somewhere far away, hidden

[short vale]

When is it estimated that people will be able to play without preordering

[fickle island]

We don't have an estimate yet @short vale

[dark jungle]

no esitmate yet

[spring cove]

@strange finch that's true too

[fickle island]

We only know alpha 1 is coming by the end of this year

[bold panther]

I wouldn't believe any estimations you hear either since Steven is very adamant on polishing the game before release

[wise olive]

Say if you are the first alchemist to find/earn a recipe, say a potion of strength, how are you able to let the rest of your node that you can create and start selling your services?

[ruby swift]

Yell really loud

[wise olive]

Haha

[ruby swift]

There is node chat

Just not "world" chat

[wise olive]

Gotcha...thanks

[surreal zodiac]

Can you link recipes in chat?

[crystal beacon]

I imagine server forums will be very active in this game as well

[ruby swift]

You will have several customizable chat channel options. Something you don't want to see? Get rid of it. Want to make a specialized channel? Go for it.

[wicked heath]

they must be

[strange finch]

from what i hear, @spring cove it seems like a guild like mine would take one of the attractive nodes, keep to it and around it, and with limited travel our sphere of influence would be very limited, so you as an explorer might get a really good grind/gather opportunities just by staying further away while we would toil in a very contested area (do I understand those interviews correctly?)

[ruby swift]

@surreal zodiac We have yet to get a decision on linking. Probably not as it is one way leetists use to screen people and Ashes aint about that life. Also the <anal> spam reduction.

[spring cove]

Have the Devs spoke about aoe Vs single target grinding and if they will try to balance it?

In many mmos aoe classes can grind so much faster

[strange finch]

good question, would also want to know as a tank main

[ruby swift]

So far if you pull more than one or two mobs you get your ass handed to you. So good luck with that pull the area stuff.

[strange finch]

even as a tank?

[spring cove]

Does that mean that aoe will never be a meta?

[ruby swift]

But no official answer on aoe vs single target balancing.

[spring cove]

Like some pvpve games u get 50 aoe-ers and nuke the choke till Kingdome come

[ruby swift]

There is spell collision in Ashes.

No spamming ring of fire a la ESO

[real dock]

So @ruby swift Does that mean spells cant overlap

[ruby swift]

So samson

[strange finch]

I don't want to AoE down 50 enemies, but if a DPS player can kill one mob in say 20 seconds and it takes a tank twice that much, couldn't I get to at least cleave two mobs at a time as a tank for similar time to kill over time?

[real dock]

My bad extra enter lol

[ruby swift]

@strange finch Wait until you test, then provide numbers and feedback, they have not said anything about it yet so have no answer.

[strange finch]

righto will do!

[ruby swift]

@real dock Spell collision is meant to be a thing. Sec

[strange finch]

I bet a dedicated tank's feedback will be somewhat valuable, there is not that many of us out here xD

[strange finch]

perfect

[ruby swift]

Going afk for a bit. One of our other fine members shall drop the knowledge for awhile. Have fun.

[dense arrow]

Will choosing tank as your 2nd archetype make you viable for tanking or just add some survivability?

[dark jungle]

Oof, @ruby swift threw the batton at me 😄

@dense arrow yes that is the plan

[real dock]

I've never heard of Spell collision so correct me if i'm wrong in thinking this;

a Blizzard spell gets cast, and firestorm spell gets cast to overlap it like a Venn Diagram, the first spell would persist and would only be dealing cold damage?

[dark jungle]

@real dock the details of spell collision are not known at the moment

There may be a hierarchy of effects or it may just be first come fist served

[real dock]

Interesting. Thanks @dark jungle

[elder furnace]

Are you going to be able to master all the skills in "gathering" or is it going to specifically be like "I mastered fishing, but I'm not a master of mining."

[dark jungle]

@elder furnace you should be able to (with great effort) master all gathering professions

[novel pasture]

Anyone knowing what the extent of content for 3-4 group sizes are? I head a bunch about guilds stuff but not much about small group stuff

[elder furnace]

I thought you were only able to master one profession?

[dark jungle]

@elder furnace you can master all professions within an artisan class

[elder furnace]

Ehhhh. damn, I thought it was different

[dark jungle]

@novel pasture the minimum group size is 8

[novel pasture]

RIP

[spring cove]

With regards to hidden hp bars in open world PvP, can I suggest adding a system that add more clarity to players hp as you stay in combat longer against the player

[dark jungle]

@spring cove suggestions are better able to be read by the devs on the forums

stuff on discord tends to disappear quickly

[winter girder]

@dark jungle where is the information u just said to bunny said ive been looking for that for a while

[real dock]

@spring cove There was mention of some disintegration of a nameplate in the AMA

[spring cove]

Ok, got it

[dark jungle]

@winter girder https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Artisan_classes#Artisan_mastery

[real dock]

@winter girder ^

[dark jungle]

@real dock correct a player's name plate will deteriorate to give an indication of how much damage they have taken

[half shell]

is there an approximate release date for alpha 2?

[dark jungle]

(sorry for the wrong tag)

[spring cove]

Steven mentioned using mules to send items back to warehouse when gathering has any1 who has access to the game tried it? How does it work, ie are the mules killable

[dark jungle]

@half shell not yet

[digital yacht]

yes they will be killable

[dark jungle]

@spring cove i have access to A1 right now and yes I have tried Mule mounts

and yes they are killable as shadow says

[indigo plaza]

hello Devs & others, I have two questions and a comment. 1st Question, will game's UI be fully customizable (i understand its a work in progress) has there been any decision made on this?, 2nd question, will the game allow for 3rd party add-ons?. For the comment, I play gw2 at the moment and the particle effects from weapons and armor drowns alot of mechanics from mobs/bosses, it would be most helpful if you could add to the options to disable other people's particle effects.

[dark jungle]

btw @digital yacht is

@indigo plaza UI will be customizable. There are no plans for addons

[spring cove]

Do you get a notification of who killed your mule? Do all items drop on mule death? If so mule camper seem like a decent profession

[indigo plaza]

thank u for the response

[novel pasture]

Lex knows everything about this wholy crap

[ruby swift]

Back Lex, tag me in if you need.

[winter girder]

Thank you very much, I know this probably seems like a ridiculous question but is there a plan to balance the difficulty of advancing in the processing and and crafting trees vs gathering due to the gatherers not requiring the other two?

[dark jungle]

@spring cove your mule does drop items when it dies, and not sure if you get notified of its death

@winter girder the devs have indicated that the Crafting tree will be the hardest to master, then the processing then the gathering

[spring cove]

How is the crafting like

[twilit granite]

how long would it take to travel with a caravan across the world if you wanted to do that?

[dark jungle]

@ruby swift is a also an infinite knowledge source of aoc

[spring cove]

It is dead (ie following set recipes) or more freeform

[digital yacht]

@twilit granite hours

[twilit granite]

nice

[real dock]

nice

[spring cove]

Where u experiment combination of techniques and interest to get different results

[gloomy mantle]

Nice

[dark jungle]

@spring cove nobody knows for sure about crafting. it hasnt been available for testing yet

[winter girder]

that makes sense, and is what i expected, understandable thank you @dark jungle

[real dock]

@dark jungle So i understand that Recipes are consumed rather than learned, who makes the recipes for the crafters?

[ruby swift]

They are drops

[spring cove]

Thank you lex and unknown for answering my questions

[ruby swift]

Or part of the social organization progression

[spring cove]

I do hope the crafting system will be more interesting than a dead set system

[novel pasture]

Alva its gonna be hard to do that i feel

[real dock]

@spring cove High tier crafting has the ability to tailor gear to meet specific bonuses allegedly

[ruby swift]

They are taking inspiration from SWG which had one of the best crafting systems ever by many peoples estimation. A few of the developers were on that game. It should be good.

[woeful viper]

Hey everyone, I have a questions about professions. Can a single character be a master in a single profession (ie fishing) or all professions in a given skill tree (ie crafting)?

[ruby swift]

Artisan Tree mastery

Gathering, Processing, or Crafting. All profs in those tree branches.

Think of it as a tree that splits into three strong branches. You can climb up one of them to the very end, but not the other two at the same time.

[spring cove]

How many skills do you get at max level and how many can you set in your hotbar (screens I see so far reminds me of gw type, with restrictive hotbar setup)

[woeful viper]

@ruby swift so we can master multiple professions in on section of the large skill tree?

oone*

[ruby swift]

We have no final active skills number. You will have access to around 30 skills, but will not be able to put points into all of them. They don't want a cluttered AI.

[woeful viper]

one*

[old musk]

If I order the current pack for 375.00 will there be another cosmetic skin next month?

[ruby swift]

Yes, If something is under gathering, you can eventually master everything on that "branch"

[old musk]

Are there cosmetic sets I can order somewhere else? Kickstarter?

[brittle ferry]

Kickstarter is over, you'd have to buy them at the intrepid shop

[ruby swift]

Then next cosmetic packs change on Aug 5th. We don't know what they will be yet. If the current ones are not to your liking then wait. With the $375 package you can purchase all future cosmetics on offer a la carte. They range from $5-25 each usually.

Previous cosmetics cannot be purchased. One and done deal.

[spring cove]

Does it mean for example, I can only use 8 active skills cause there is only 8 slots in the bar, or I can put point in 10 active skills but I can use all 10 of I activate the other 2 from the skill menu (if I have the APM for it)

Option 2 is a nightmare

[old musk]

Oh that's nice... I thought it was 375 for one set plus the o the stuff
So I'd get it all including the future stuff oflr just the option to buy the future stuff at a later date?

[brittle ferry]

Alva the UI is far from being done

[ruby swift]

Possibly. Like everything else, skills, points and UI are all works in progress.

[radiant vapor]

doesnt a 30sec-1min ttk seem kinda long?

[brittle ferry]

We honestly don't know, lots of potential

[lament dagger]

Will there be sea monsters (both normal and bosses)?

[radiant vapor]

crowfall seems boring because attacks do like 3% of their hp

[surreal zodiac]

Can I look like a poor man's Jack Sparrow in this game?

[ruby swift]

Only for those that are action oriented. They did not want the stun, backstab, stun, backstab, stun, and dead playstyle from other games. Fights will be longer, requiring more planning and skill.

[spring cove]

How long is 1 combat cycle (for a mob around your level) so far

[brittle ferry]

Zomg, it's possible

[radiant vapor]

even if you dont want that

[crystal beacon]

will there be fishing

[radiant vapor]

30 seconds is still a long time

[brittle ferry]

There is fishing

[surreal zodiac]

o shit time to get the rum and roleplay

[ruby swift]

@crystal beacon There will be an in depth fishing system

[crystal beacon]

how in depth?

[brittle ferry]

Very

[real dock]

Like the water, is deep

[crystal beacon]

all i want to do is fish tbh

[spring cove]

Is ships in alpha already?

[ruby swift]

@brittle ferry You want to take over for awhile. I got things I could be doing. Want to leave them in good hands.

[brittle ferry]

I'll do my best, have a bit before bed

[real dock]

@ruby swift Thanks for your time 👌

[ruby swift]

K I will check back in later

[umbral mesa]

how long until the betas do you think

[strange finch]

any info on whether there will be things like sharding, layering, connected realms, cross-realm or any of such systems?

[umbral mesa]

like spring 2021?

[surreal zodiac]

will the fishing be automatic or will there be a bobber you have to click every 10-15 seconds or so?

[brittle ferry]

My best guess on Beta is mid to late 2021

[umbral mesa]

and then im guessing release in like 2022

?

[pliant ocean]

@radiant vapor TTK from the Alpha 1 play test (at low level) resulted in 6 to 10 seconds.

[brittle ferry]

That's a general idea the community thinks Angel

[rapid granite]

Is there a way as a mayor in a node to control who gets to be a citizen of that node given that there are caps to the citizens of that node, and the potential for players from opposing nodes moving in to act as a spy?

[umbral mesa]

okay yeah thats what i figured

[brittle ferry]

!test

[spring cove]

Is there friendly fire for aoe

[brittle ferry]

Zomg there is a video where they fish, I'll try and find it

[digital yacht]

@spring cove no

[surreal zodiac]

i wonder if steven ever wanted his first name to be spelled stephen instead

[brittle ferry]

It was the first live stream I believe during Covid

[digital yacht]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/images/c/ce/OZ-meARSoznvA6b8.mp4#t=1,999

^fishing

[umbral mesa]

oh but that doesnt say when alpha 2 comes out

[surreal zodiac]

yeah found it

[digital yacht]

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Fishing

@umbral mesa there is no date

[brittle ferry]

Alpha 2 is in flex as Alpha 1 hasn't even officially started yet

[halcyon torrent]

Do we know if node types are evenly distributed across Vera?

[brittle ferry]

They are, but it's going to have to do with activity for that node

Of leveling the node and such

[spring cove]

What are the loot control types available in game now

[brittle ferry]

Nodes can be destroyed, So ever server will be different

Loot control types?

[real dock]

@brittle ferry Permanently destroyed, or destroyed with the possibility of rebuilding?

[brittle ferry]

You mean like loot roles?

[thorn bison]

The most concerning issue with AoC atm is not the game, atleast not for us in EU.
Its my.com, i was shocked finding out their the publisher in EU for this game.
My.com has a terrible rep here in EU, i really hope they will reconsider.
Many players will find this as a total turn off for the game.
Q: Has Intrepid said anything about reconsidering my.com?

[spring cove]

Like master looter, need or greed with class restrictions or etc

[brittle ferry]

Rebuilding is a thing, but I'm not sure how the mechanic works if a node is completely destroyed

[dark jungle]

@real dock everything that can be destroyed can be rebuilt and vice versa

[brittle ferry]

I'd have to look through the wiki Alva, I'm not sure if that's a solid plan yet

[dark jungle]

@spring cove there are several loot types, master looter is indeed one

[brittle ferry]

@thorn bison they are working that issues extensively, but nothing solid as to an answer of moving away from my.com ( I don't believe anyways) the question has been asked many times

[dense arrow]

when you craft a item like a sword or something will the stats for the crafted item be preset, random, or will the crafter get to choose?

[restive mortar]

Will there be OCE servers?

[short vale]

can you still pledge on kickstarter?

[dark jungle]

@dense arrow crafters get to affect the stats on their crafted items

@restive mortar yes thats the plan

@short vale sadly no

[dense arrow]

Ty very much @dark jungle

[restive mortar]

On behalf of the mmo players of australia, ty

[dark jungle]

@restive mortar 🇦🇺 🇳🇿

[late mortar]

How does banking work between a single account with more than one character made (alts)?
For example.. Would I be able to bank all my raw materials from my gatherer and withdraw them on my processing alt?
OR is banking simply character restricted and not account based?

[dark jungle]

@late mortar yes, alts can access shared banking

it may be restricted to certain items tho

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Economy#Banking

[late mortar]

do we know if raw mats or processed mats will be one of those restricted items? 😮

[dark jungle]

yes it is looking like that

[late mortar]

heck.. thank you ❤️

[neat lintel]

Hello haven’t been able to find an answer so far so I will ask here, any info if AoC will be available for console ? Thank you for your help

[tough sierra]

Do we have an idea for how hard leveling will be besides the time it takes? i.e in classic WoW you had to fight 1 mob at a time or you'd probably die, whereas in up-to-date WoW you can pull 6-7 mobs and be fine

@neat lintel it wont be

[dark jungle]

it will only be on PC to begin with @neat lintel

[quaint oxide]

will it be on mac though?

[dark jungle]

@tough sierra leveling will be fairly tough. it will take approx 45 days to reach max level (50) on 4-6 hours per day

[tough sierra]

thats not what i asked @dark jungle

[brittle ferry]

@simple ether had a great interview with Steven talking about the time, 45 days I belive

[dark jungle]

@quaint oxide it will only be on windows initially

[quaint oxide]

ty

[half shell]

What are the ways to gain access to alpha 2 as of right now?

[dark jungle]

you can purchase alpha 2 through the pre order packs on the intrepid store

[tough sierra]

the packages on their website

[brittle ferry]

You're talking xp @tough sierra and we just don't know that info

[dark jungle]

https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop

[tough sierra]

im asking the difficulty of each mob in relation to the player @brittle ferry

[quaint oxide]

lex, how hard is it to kill the average level 50 monster just out in the world

[austere forge]

Will items crafted by crafters have <Made by X> on them? Always found that really cool as a crafter.

[quaint oxide]

how much time would it take?

[tough sierra]

@half shell https://accounts.ashesofcreation.com/shop

[wicked heath]

@quaint oxide we dont know

[half shell]

oof so there's a big difference between the $250 from there and $125 on kickstarter that is no longer available

[dark jungle]

@quaint oxide a level max level mob will be pretty hard to kill. during the testing it took many players to defeat mobs that are not max level

[quaint oxide]

ty

[brittle ferry]

I'm pretty sure crafted items with have the crafters name on it

[dark jungle]

^

[austere forge]

Legit

[orchid raft]

Is the alpha started already??

[brittle ferry]

It's in pre alpha

[quaint oxide]

no it starts september i think

from what i heard

[forest dome]

Alpha 1 is at some point Q4

[brittle ferry]

Yes, where pictures and streaming will be a thing but it won't be a persistent world until Alpha 2

[fallow peak]

is the pre-order shop going to swap in new limited time cosmetics in place of the current ones at some point? (i rly like the snow/winter ones that were in 2019 december but not so much the current ones that come with the Alpha2)

[elfin atlas]

Pretty sure it will swap Aug 5th

[brittle ferry]

So cosmetics are generally switched once a month, once they're gone you can't get them again

Unless they might be part of a package deal, I think some of the packages have older cosmetics in them.

[digital yacht]

no

[brittle ferry]

The only reason they stayed with the last bit for several months was a decision from Intrepid to stop the shop while people got their houses in order during the pandemic

[digital yacht]

they dont

[fallow peak]

talking about the cosmetics that come wit the Voyager pack

[digital yacht]

skins in previous packages will never return

[fallow peak]

ok, but will there be other preorder packs with a different skin line later this year is my question

[digital yacht]

yes it rotates monthly

[fallow peak]

kk

[brittle ferry]

The cosmetics change monthly, not the preorder packs for beta/alpha access

[crystal beacon]

Next rotation is Aug 5th

[potent glade]

I wonder will Steven the creator play this game...

[balmy juniper]

Yes

[brittle ferry]

Put your money on it

[fallow peak]

so if i don't like the current included skins with the pre-order packs in the store, i should wait for the next rotation ig?

[balmy juniper]

No

[crystal flax]

Yes, if you don't like the current skins wait for August 5th for the change

If you don't like those ones too, wait for the month after

[dense arrow]

Will there be sea based trading caravan and in turn, will there be pirates?

[brittle ferry]

The preorder won't change (unless they make things like Alpha 1 access available again) but even then they won't include old cosmetics

[balmy juniper]

@dense arrow yes

[fallow peak]

k gotcha

[brittle ferry]

@dense arrow Yes, and then pirates are also a thing

[crystal beacon]

@dense arrow Yes, land caravans transform as they approach the sea, and there are also boats, so yes.

[wintry laurel]

What stage does the game have to be at for everyone world wide to play?

[dense arrow]

🙂 Sick

[crystal beacon]

@wintry laurel Launch

[wintry laurel]

@crystal beacon At launch, will nodes be reset and servers fresh?

[balmy juniper]

@wintry laurel ofc

[wintry laurel]

Ok so beta and alpha will have no impact?

[elfin atlas]

Except for the founders that get early release time

[wintry laurel]

But will alpha and beta effect the launch servers?>

[crystal beacon]

@elfin atlas That will only be one 1 server, and nodes won't function until full release

[limber wind]

Beta and Alpha is there only for testing

[crystal beacon]

@wintry laurel No launch seervers will be totally seperate

[somber ether]

Can you still buy into early access @elfin atlas

[wintry laurel]

Ok

[crystal beacon]

@somber ether Negative

[somber ether]

Alright well thats silly

[brittle ferry]

There will be new servers, but the Alpha 2 server is said to be persistent

[crystal beacon]

@somber ether THat's why it's only on one server per region. and node progress won't start until full launch.

[fallow peak]

you can buy now earliest for access to Alpha 2

[brittle ferry]

I.e. no more wipes, of course that's still a possibility cause it's Alpha

[bronze current]

no wipes till launch i believe for alpha 2

[fallow peak]

^

[somber ether]

@crystal beacon can you expand on that? Do you mean there is only 1 early access server per region or just 1 server per region

[digital yacht]

a2 is a testing server there will be constant wipes if needed

[crystal beacon]

only one early access server per region

[elfin atlas]

@brittle ferry Is that persistent meaning during Alpha 2 only? as in Alpha 1 might have wipes common to update the servers? Or are you under the impression it would follow into Betas with no wipe?

[balmy juniper]

Whats the General thoughts on when the Game will realistically Release? Im saying 3,5 to 4 years.

[crystal beacon]

and dozens of non

[digital yacht]

@elfin atlas a1 is not concurrent it is time slotted

@balmy juniper after 2022

[brittle ferry]

Pre alpha-Alpha 1 are going through wipes, they are trying to have a persistent game world from alpha 2 forward, I have not seen info saying they would wipe fresh into Beta 1 & 2, or that they would wipe the test server before launch.

[digital yacht]

its a test server always assume it can wipe whenever

[brittle ferry]

So they could do that, but I haven't seen info stating they would be doing rolling wipes

[digital yacht]

and beta 1/2 will be different then A2

[brittle ferry]

Exactly

If you want reassurance that you won't have to restart, relax until launch. These aren't STEAM versions of early Access

[somber ether]

My biggest concern for this game is not picking the right server. I love raiding in MMOs as what I like the most, hope I don't pick the wrong server.

[wicked heath]

if you pick the wrong one you can only blame your own bad luck

[ruby swift]

Sorry, had to come back for this one. Persistent is up 24/7 (minus maintenance and patches) as best as possible. There are multiple wipes planned for ALL testing phases, including A2. Or as needed.

[brittle ferry]

Well, you can play on other servers @somber ether

Thank you @ruby swift

[reef crown]

Hello everyone, is there any plans for a South America server?

[orchid raft]

Why does the pack only offer Alpha 2 test key? Did they sold out Alpha 1 key?

[ruby swift]

There may be in the future, not currently for launch.

[somber ether]

I just hope there are really challenging raids that maybe persist outside of the node system and are just persistent, like a raid tier or something from other games.

[ruby swift]

A1 testing closed for sale in Aug 2108 when they achieved their goal of 10k testers in the pool. Depending on need they may offer it again once A1 is underway.

[brittle ferry]

They have just about 10,000 Alpha 1 packs sold, so yes.

[ruby swift]

Afk again

[brittle ferry]

Meaning Alpha 1 sales could come back

[orchid raft]

Oh thanks!

[brittle ferry]

They have left that door open to a possibility if not enough people are testing

[reef crown]

That's unfortunate, im pretty sure that is a large brasilian fanbase that would love to play in a SA server 😅

[chrome lance]

How do you enter the "Betas won through weekly drawings" that I saw on the image up a bit.

[brittle ferry]

I want to say potential for many other places @reef crown it really depends on the popularity, I believe

Betas through weekly drawings are in reference do random selection of people with registered accounts

If you're talking about the "freebies" I think that's how they """"might"""" do it, but it's not confirmed

[chrome lance]

So if you're registered you may receive a beta key type thing?

[brittle ferry]

Yes, also free gifts are being given to those with accounts already

[chrome lance]

Okay thanks.

[brittle ferry]

I think the house cosmetic for Covid is done through September but I'd have to look that up

Unknown coming with the knowledge

[ruby swift]

So here is how the beta key giveaway worked in the past. When they were giving out A0 keys there were also B0 given away (less than 5) they changed their plans concerning having a Beta 0 and folded them into the Alpha 0. Unless their is something new I don't know about there is no "beta key giveaway for registration" Can someone link the image they are talking about?

[brittle ferry]

That's the picture referenced @ruby swift

[ruby swift]

Yes, those were the B0 keys. Not applicable now.

"Development is fluid" - Abraham Lincoln

[brittle ferry]

This place is on fire, might blow up the discord closer to launch. Sheesshhh lmao

[thorn bison]

Was it quiet before lazypeons video?

[ruby swift]

They will be onboarding the actual paid GMs at some point, they will do most of the heavy lifting closer to launch is my bet

[brittle ferry]

Not exactly dead, but we had noticable slower times

[ruby swift]

Not really quiet, just most people here had knowledge gained over time

Happens every time there is a large influx of new faces. Hungry for knowledge bombs.

For example the corruption discussions and forum threads are comically identical to ones that have appeared before.

[clever agate]

I mean, that's why I'm here lol. I heard about it a year ago somewhere but those big info bombs are definitely interesting. So A2 has no estimated date? Since that is the soonest you can currently buy into via voyager pre-order.

[brittle ferry]

Yeah that's not going to be put to sleep...like ever

[potent thunder]

The latest updates on our testing and release plans can be found here: https://ashesofcreation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016315013

[strange finch]

so a serious question, as I heard in the interviews the dungeons scale according to how good you are, if you defeat the first boss really well and fast, the second one has harder AI, and better rewards. I understand it as if I have a dedicated organized group of dungeon runners, we can more or less replicate the feeling of Mythic Plus dungeons in WoW, with better rewards for speed and efficiency, would you guys say thats a correct assumption?

[ruby swift]

Intrepid no longer gives timelines or dates beyond what they KNOW they can hit. They missed some early projections and people lost their shit.

[clever agate]

That's fair

[ruby swift]

@strange finch That is the plan.

[strange finch]

perfect

thanks :)

[brittle ferry]

I think more people lost their shit at BR, including me, but yes that's true. Which is better long term cause people don't get false expectations

[viral torrent]

@inner cosmos there is a 24h cooldown for everyone

[ruby swift]

Damn, did we miss someone?

[viral torrent]

That was 6 hours ago

Lol

[ruby swift]

Oh good, I was at work, not my dropped ball.

[mossy fjord]

What package do I need to buy to play now?

[rain bear]

Do we have any word on roughly how difficult or long it will be to grind the necessary currency to buy a freehold certificate?

[brittle ferry]

None are available unless you had a summer or Kickstarter package already

[mossy fjord]

Ok

[brittle ferry]

I don't think time has been a discussion like max level has @rain bear

[rain bear]

Damn, alright

[brittle ferry]

They have said with 1 account you can only have one freehold

So you can't have freeholds on multiple servers

[rain bear]

Just wanna have an idea whether or not I'll even have a chance to grab my freehold in a semi popular area before all the botters and unemployed powerfarmers snatch all the slots up -.-

[brittle ferry]

Botters or gold farms will not be a thing, they will be banned

Unemployed powerfarmers that live in the basement could be a thing

[dense arrow]

to be a bounty hunter, or do bounty hunting quests, do you be a part of a military node?

[brittle ferry]

But I honestly think, with the enormous scale of the world, you'll have plenty of opportunities

Bounty hunter quests boards will only be available at Military nodes

They have said other nodes will be able to get bounty boards, but it won't be automatic

[dense arrow]

that question was worded poorly but you ansered it well anyways tty 🙂

[ruby swift]

All depends. Everyone seems to feel that there will only be one or two nodes being developed that they will be interested in. There are going to be a ton. The game world is huge.

[fading acorn]

Hi all. New here. Have they released any in depth information and/or discussions on how guilds will be handled? I only found out about Ashes two days ago and have been binging YT videos x3

[ruby swift]

Alpha Island is only a small starting area and 3 variable terrain nodes. And it is huge. Takes 15 min or so just to run from one node to another. (Not talking about the flying cheating we had for early tests)

@fading acorn https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Guilds

[fading acorn]

Oh, so there's a Wiki 😮

[ruby swift]

Yep, follow that link. See you in 3 days.

[brittle ferry]

Can you be a little bit more specific Retro? Yeah the Wiki is brilliant

[ruby swift]

@fading acorn Also check out Ashes101.com. Does bite sized topic stuff if you get bogged down in the reading.

[placid frost]

I'm gonna roll a rogue, but my question is if I can change from rogue-ranger to rogue-mage when ever I want to test out different builds etc? Or I'm stuck being rogue-ranger?

[wicked heath]

yes you can change the 2nd archetype

[placid frost]

Cheers

[wicked heath]

it wont be easy to change, but it will be possible

[ruby swift]

You can change your 2nd archetype through a questline and effort. Not on the fly

[placid frost]

Ahh okej

[ruby swift]

They have still not verified if progress is lost in one if you swap either. So you could swap from ranger, lose all augment progression, go mage, think it sucks, swap back to ranger and have to do it all over again. Has yet to be ruled on, but probable.

[craggy harness]

Will AoC allow mods? E.g can we make nude models for roleplaying purposes

[digital yacht]

no

[placid frost]

Ye, seems like most people will roll rogue-mage, rogue-rogue and rogue-summoner

[ruby swift]

You will see many variations on a server with 10k concurrent

Someone said a naughty word

[brittle ferry]

I'd enjoy swapping and keeping or hitting markers to keep that for secondary classes, restarting completely would be a pain, but understandable

[placid frost]

ops xd

[brittle ferry]

I think the interest in rogues is directly linked to the corruption, bounty hunter, debate

[tired folio]

Shall we have more discussion channels, such as PvE-discussion, PvP-discussion, Crafting-discussion, Class-discussion, etc... ?
because at the moment everything is mixed up in #aoc-discussion and it's a real mess, and really hard to keep up the pace of the spam

[placid frost]

Yes

Also eu / na guild channels

[solid sparrow]

I agree to more threads for discussions,

[brittle ferry]

Have to screenshot this one cause it's a brilliant request

[ruby swift]

Will bring it up when NA wakes up. That is a MK/Toast decision.

[brittle ferry]

Yeah

[ruby swift]

But I agree, they will need more areas now that there is more activity. But invariably what happens is the hype will tune down in a week or so after the livestream on Friday and we will be back to month long gaps in activity. Once testing is out of NDA could be needed though.

[unkempt depot]

Will the mayors have power to take away my store or steal food from my store without the guards killing them?

[ruby swift]

No

[placid frost]

I don't think the hype will go down that much tbh, alot of newcomers, like myself

[ruby swift]

They will have the power to make you an enemy of the state for a gold cost. Each one they do increases in cost though. And if done arbitrarily could cost them in various ways from other players.

[brittle ferry]

It will level off but won't be this consistent. AoC has had spikes before and then everyone See's NDA and can't buy into it and they chill for 6 months

[placid frost]

And soon alpha 1 is out which will bring more hype

[ruby swift]

Soon™️

[brittle ferry]

Ish

[ruby swift]

All depends on how the August testing goes

[unkempt depot]

I thought he said there aws no NDA

in an interview

[brittle ferry]

https://media.tenor.com/images/fd8ff9a97c558fc5747b2535e99db037/tenor.gif

[ruby swift]

There is no NDA for A1 once it is released. This is pre A1 testing of different things.

[unkempt depot]

oh I see

[brittle ferry]

So excited for the download in August

Gods I hope they give them out after the stream on Friday

[ruby swift]

Huh?

You mean the new cosmetics?

[brittle ferry]

I'm LoM package Unknown

[ruby swift]

Ahhh...didnt see the tag

Have you signed your NDA?

[brittle ferry]

Not yet, support ticket is pending

[ruby swift]

Gotcha

[unkempt depot]

WIll caravan drivers put a fast magical booster on their horses feet to escape bad guys?

[ruby swift]

You will be able to put specific mounts into caravan builds. Mounts can be bred for stats including speed.

[tough sierra]

Will pets level with us or will we have to level them seperately?

@unkempt depot I will say a fast caravan is still a caravan, dont expect to outrun lads on horses

[unkempt depot]

Ok interesting

[ruby swift]

Pets level separately and will have their own system. Will not be "put horse running in circle for hours afk"

[unkempt depot]

How will water route caravsn compare with horses?

[torpid tangle]

Or demon mounts obtained through pvp :)

[ruby swift]

@unkempt depot Don't know yet, water caravans have not been seen at work yet in testing.

[tepid night]

How about iframes? Will it be utilized in this game?

[ruby swift]

I think they got rid of them. Would have to check. I know they were talked about, but slipping my memory. Anyone else have a citiation?

[brittle ferry]

Iframes?

[ruby swift]

All I have is this archived thread from 2017. https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/4636/dodging-and-iframes

[brittle ferry]

Your own images inside the game for like housing art?

[tough sierra]

maybe this thread has something

https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/42398/ue4-dynamic-combat-system

[brittle ferry]

Ah, combat

[ruby swift]

Nah, it is an action combat thing I think. Remember hearing REEEE about them during the BR

Afk a min

[brittle ferry]

K

[unkempt depot]

Is it possible for player to place freeholds on every inch of land?

[brittle ferry]

No, due to nodes

[wary coyote]

@unkempt depot as I understood is it a slot you buy and not place so there is limited of those too

[pseudo merlin]

i think ~~nodes ~~ freeholds have to be a certain distance apart right?

if i read the wiki correctly

*freeholds

[unkempt depot]

Wow, so not everyone will be able to have a freehold?

will it be only the richest guys

[brittle ferry]

Nodes will be, but they could be close together

[pseudo merlin]

not everyone, you have to get a charter from the city

[brittle ferry]

Distance is hard with AoC because the world is massive

And your account can only have a freehold on a single server

[past vortex]

what is the proper way to post discord server improvement suggestion?

[pseudo merlin]

you can post on forums or reddit

[brittle ferry]

Yeah the forums are perfect for that kind of question

Or suggestions, for that matter

[ruby swift]

Steven 😇Yesterday at 2:25 PM
I’m reading the forums

[unkempt depot]

I heard it would take you 2 years to walk across the map

is that true?

[faint galleon]

Speculation is about 2 hours or so

[brittle ferry]

2 years is a stretch lol, I'm not sure if we even know yet, especially with the water ways

[craggy harness]

2 years lmfao

[final ocean]

they tried to count but they died before a lifetime

[solid sparrow]

lolll no, 2 hours from one side of a continent to the other, so 4-6 hours from one corner to the other, roguhly from the info I know

[ruby swift]

They have said it would be 8-9 hours, not two days or two hours.

[solid sparrow]

oh 8-9? really? damn

[lapis quiver]

i mean it would take under a year of time to walk the equator so i hope it wouldnt be 2 years in the game lol

[craggy harness]

It takes 2 years to walk the length of minecraft

[brittle ferry]

Think they're including that water time transition, and they might be just one point to the other, not roads and such

[craggy harness]

he's saying this is bigger than minecraft

[ruby swift]

Depends on where you start. I would drown before I got to the equator.

[brittle ferry]

I float pretty good.

😏

[ruby swift]

But the quote I am going off of is if you were running from one corner of the map to another, accounting for terrain pathing and everything else.

[brittle ferry]

Ah okay that's good info

[ruby swift]

You spend a lot of time running in terror anyways.

[craggy harness]

Will there be underwater monsters/bosses?

[ruby swift]

Yes

Was a stretch goal

[craggy harness]

Will there be ship combat?

[brittle ferry]

That question is popular

[ruby swift]

Expanded underwater environments.

Yes, also part of the same stretch goal

[lapis quiver]

Steven confirmed Giant water creatures when talking with asmon

[ruby swift]

For everyone that bitches about the Kickstarter, we got you new people some nice stuff with our shekels.

[wary coyote]

@craggy harness yes All of the ones you Asked... Is the ama and forums you can see Steven talk about this stuff

[craggy harness]

Will this be on perpetual development like Star Citizen?

[ruby swift]

Nope, no scope creep

[brittle ferry]

😳

[lapis quiver]

Watching the summit and asmon interviews along with the the AMA will give you a ton of jump start knowledge

[craggy harness]

ok thank god

[brittle ferry]

The wiki is also brilliant, but can put people not ready for it into a comma

[solid sparrow]

Also a great site for info thats easy to digest https://www.ashes101.com/index.html

[strong drum]

If i bought the starter pre order pack last month and i upgraded to wayfearer this month - do i get the original skin pack upgraded or the skins from this months purchase?

[brittle ferry]

Both, if I'm reading the question correctly

[strong drum]

Well i want last months designs

[solid sparrow]

I also assumed both but didnt want to give a wrong answer.

[strong drum]

well both is even better i guess

just dont wanna miss out on the theme i pre ordered for

[brittle ferry]

But if you didn't get your package last month and are trying to get the old cosmetics, that's not going to be a possibility

[strong drum]

No i bought last month as a place holder

and upgraded today and will again next pay and i want the original pack skins

[brittle ferry]

Yeah, you should have everything that was included in that pack, you don't lose anything by upgrading

[ruby swift]

Sec

[strong drum]

ok sweet i didnt want only basics from last month then the new skins only from this upgrade just confirming

[ruby swift]

There is some confustion going on here

[brittle ferry]

Unknown might be better at this question

No, NVM, he is